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    The way cinema should be.

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    actor, Mainer, movie watcher

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    Sex. Cinema. Politique.

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    Seriously unserious film enjoyer

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    I might live in Maine. I might have worked at a brewery. I might harvest seaweed and other fine delectables.

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    Jersey outcast in Maine; writing here and at patreon.com/clawfoot

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    bookseller, vampire enthusiast, and oxford comma defender.

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